Virtual Class: Chair Yoga

 My personal goals for this session:

• Body and mind relaxation

• Body stretch

• Ease sore muscles

• Ease back and shoulder pain

• Dopamine dose 😁

Achieved? Yes! 💯💪🔥

I never attended the Yoga classes held at the gym BUT look at me now! I willingly attended a virtual class organized by the company's socials committee.

I signed up 'coz it has been months since I had a proper body stretch (other than the very short cool down session I had whenever I attend an online workout class).

Our Yoga teacher's name is Sheila. She started the session with a quick introduction on yoga.

            

                                                           Chair Yoga

Overall, it was a nice experience. 

I didn't know that you can still stretch your body without lying down a mat and doing what seemed like difficult poses for me. Although I had a hard time doing the postures, I think I might attend a class like this again in the future.

I also hesitated a bit since the class is virtual and I know how unsafe it is to do it without proper guidance. 

It was nice that beginners like me were taken into consideration. Sheila knows how to guide us even if she cannot see us (knowing that virtual interface have limitations too).

In between session, she mentioned that nothing is permanent in the world. Thanks for the reminder! 

(By the way, I've attended two more online Yoga classes from different teachers and can now confirm that Yoga isn't for me 🤣 I get dizzy after each class. So far, I like chair yoga the most.)

Yoga Flow:

Mari ❤️

Unsettled.

Gray clouds,

Thunderclaps,

Lightning flash,

Heart beats fast, 

Uneasy feeling.

Mari❤

Letters from Mari | Late Night Thoughts

Answered 🙏

Today, I had a chat with a friend and he said thank you. 

I remember the first time we talked about faith. That didn't turned well.

Late Night Thoughts

I do not believe that this person really lost his faith, but rather he is hurting and in pain. 

I prayed for him, since then. 

It's not that I wanted to be a preacher, but rather, I wanted to remind that we shouldn’t lose hope 🙏 

If we want a change, we have to plan to make it happen.

Mari ❤

YouTube Playlist: Letters from Mari

Painted Skies

 

aren’t we under the same sky?

Coloured skies caught my attention,  

With just a glimpse outside,

A soft sigh escaped my lips, 

Thoughts of you...

Aren't we not alone?

For the skies above, that we both see.

Aren't we under the same sky?

Even if we're miles apart.

Mari❤️

(I) See YOU

This morning seemed a little different,

Mind wanders, emotions within flutters.

Gentle eyes staring with indifference,

Yet soul knows what matters.

Mari❤

Three words, for YOU

I miss you.

Three words, a lot of meaning. 

I normally would throw these words to my family, relatives or friends (varying degrees of closeness), and sometimes I just feel that I need to automatically said those words or reciprocate the same.

Until quarantine happened and is still happening.

If before, I'd utter these words in different ways - sometimes with partial emotion or with less enthusiasm. Now, I mean every word whenever I say it. I make sure that I am honest with how I feel too.

I respond based on what I trully feel. 

I remember years ago that I rarely say I miss you, not because I dont miss the person but I feel that when I say I miss you, it should be time appropriate too, like we haven't seen each other for months.

Until I've gotten used to saying it often - regardless if I feel it or was just half feeling it. Probably because I hear it a lot. It kind of became one of those office greetings, to be exact. 

I guess, forced isolation reminded me when to say the words properly again.

Especially -

I love you.

When you hear this from me, know that I mean it (so much).

The degree might also vary, but remember that I never say these words easily. 

To family, friends and so on... 

                                                                     

Mari❤️

When the Sun, RISE.

The sunlight that came passing through the window curtains woke me up.

In an instant, I feel refreshed and smiled.

I did light stretches while still on bed and lazily got up, open the windows and looked at the sky. 

Minutes later, I prepared breakfast, toasted bread and hit the coffeemaker on. 

After sometime, I sat beside the window, a bit absentminded.

My thoughts were chaotic as usual - from simple to critical thinking then to overthinking. I sipped my coffee and ate silently while I let my mind wander off to somewhere...

I looked outside and my eyes just leisurely took everything in, deep breaths and a small heavy sigh escaped my lips.

I reached again for my cup of coffee and slowly took a sip again. I closed my eyes for a bit, and for a minute, I somehow felt your warmth and presence.

Thanks for another morning, dear God. 

Mari❤️